Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke
Synonyms: Agaricus nudus
Agaricus nudus var. majus
Lepista nuda f. gracilis
Lepista nuda var. pruinosa
Tricholoma nudum
Tricholoma nudum var. lilaceum
Common Name: Wood Blewit
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Lepista nudaPhotographer: © Peter Lyons
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Hornbeam (1)
Larix (1)
Picea abies (1)
Pinus (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Poa (1)
Pteridium aquilinum (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Rubus fruticosus agg. (1)
Urtica dioica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (17)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (15)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (13)
Sand-dune (12)
Woodland: mixed (12)
Acid grassland (11)
Parkland and scattered trees (7)
Built up area, domestic (5)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (5)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (4)
Coastland: grey dunes (4)
Sand-dune: dune slack (4)
Small parks and city squares (4)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Grey dunes (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3)
Built-up areas (2)
Calcareous grassland (2)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (2)
Machair (2)
Maritime cliff and slope: coastal grassland (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Poor semi-improved (2)
Sand-dune: open dune (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Ornamental gardens (1)
Other habitat (1)
Park lawns (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Scrub: scattered (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Grass Cuttings (1)
Litter (1)
Soil (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Soil sandy (1)
Stony (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
May (2)
August (1)
September (9)
October (96)
November (121)
December (11)